Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-06-03

commercial agent at Port Row n, Canada
The President has appointed Commodore
ID. b. Harmony and VIM. A Wallace oi
New YORK, II. =. Van Eaton of Missi sippi
Asa Nor gan Of Arkansas, Thos. A. Logan
of Ohio and Prof. ID. &. Gilman OF John
Hopkins university, a meml ers of the
board of visitors TO the naval academy al
Annapolis.
Michael Frain, an old messenger OH
ployed by the lighthouse board in the
treasury department, while descending
the stairs the other morning fsin gei and
fell headlong over the railing 10 the base
ment distance of "a feet, stri ing on hi
head. Death was in ,tantaneous train
was 40 years old.
Assistant Secretary Maynard has in
formed the collector of customs at New
York that fresh ii h when impo ted for
immediat, con ,umption are exempt from
duty, no matter by whom caught or by
whom imported, but that if they are not
imported for immediate cons lmption they
are subject 10 duty.
10 is reported that Pro Klein. the
astronomer at Hartford, Ky, has sighted
the appearance OF the star of bethlehem.
IL is quito brilliant and is now in the
northwestern heavens 1hi, heavenly
visitor makes its appearance about every
300 years and astronomers everywhere
have been looking for it for some time
The Michigan Central has made charges
before the railroad commission against
the Grand Trunk of selling thousand mile
tickets to commercial travellers for $50,
while the general public is required 10 paw
s25, in violation Of the interstate commerce
law An order has been made for the APP
pearance Of the Grand Trunk company.
Gov. Rusk OF Wiscon-in, has pardoned
Mrs Amelia Zimmerman, ,entenced 10
prison for life in Isl tor the murder OF
her husband She was convicted upon
circumstantial evilenc. and Gov. Rusk
satisfied himself she is innocent Her
friends have been unceasing in their eff
fort 10 secure her release. She is now Gs
years old.
The treasury department has received
information Of the prevalence of peuro-
pneumonia 70 be somewhat alarming ex-
tent in Scotland among neat cattle. Act
ing Secretary Thompson has is ued a cir
cular TO customs officers prohibiting until
further notice, the importation Of new
cattle ana tie hides OF neat cattle from
that country.
a rigid quarantine has been declared by
the agricultural department against Cook
county. H.. the counties of Baltimore
Howard, Carroll and Irince Georee in
Marylan and West Chester New York.
Richmond, Kings, Queens and Suffolk
counties in New York. Warnings have
been given 10 railroads against a violation
OF the quarantine
In one of the largest longe and deepest
cuts in the Panama canal, high up above
the prospective canal work. water has
been struck. The amount of earth and
rock taken out of the section referred 20
represents an outlay of millions OF doll, rs.
All the work is 10 day valueless. as the
water has washed from the side OF the
mountain more than sufficient to fill al
the cuts
he Penn, ylvania railroad company, it
is said, has bought the charter of n com
pany which Is now at work upon n TUNE
under the Hudson River, and will operat
under that. This charter, il is said givet
them the right TO go under ground in any
part of New York or Brooklyn. 1t is re
ported that no attempt will be made to
utilize the old tunne, although consider
able work has been done upon it at an ex-
penditure Of over $1,000, 900.
Frank Boynton. at Barr Mills. Maine
aged forty-fve. committed suicide the
other morning by throwing himself into a
sm9ll pool of water near his house He
was summoned before the grand jury in a
CIDER case, and the fact that he would
have to testify against a neighbor so
troubled him that he took his life. II
was a member of the Grand Army Of the
Republic. \ brother of Mr.. Boynton shot
himself in the same village few years
ago.
\ law suit involving 100000 has been
commenced against Jay Gould and Russell
Sage, as trustees of the consolidated
mortgage on the Kansas Pacific road. by
he foreign bondho'ders. Certain facts
brought out hy the recent investi cation of
the Pacific roads have led TO this suit
The iondholders, it seems, had an attor-
ney among the spectators at the examina
certain facts which the bondholders had
for some time been trying to get hold of
1t Is on these facts that the suit i, basel
The exercises attending the unwilling Of
the statue Of g n Steedman. in Toledo
occurred May %. The procession was over
a mile long The tatue was unveiled by
Miss Emma Steedman. granddaughter OF
the deceased soldier, Col W. J. Finlay,
donor Of the statue presented il TO the
city. Mayor Hamilton responded, accept
ing the statue in behalf OF the city of To
ledo The orator of the day was cen. j.
c. Smith, lieutenant governor OF Illinois.
A poem by Mrs Sherwood and speeches
by several orators closed the exercise.
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The Plot Revealed.
1t is officially announced that Andre
jushkin, Ossipanof Generalof. Shewy-
roM and I-lianoH hava ham